2006 - What are you looking forward to?

[Monarch]

Thought this might be interesting. Which game (PC) are most looking forward to in 2006? On the other side what game will you be avoiding? What are you unsure about?

I personally am looking forwar to Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II. From what I've read it seems good and worth a buy. There is not really a game I will be avoiding, however I would very much like to know more about Rise Of Legends, the concept seems intruiging but then again will it just be all graphics? My plan on this will be to wait on public reaction to it after release, may or may not buy it.

[The_Doctor]

-Star Wars: Empires at War
-Galactic Civilisations 2
-Supreme Commander

I started the same type of thread last year.

[Snowhobbit]

Zelda: Twilight Princess
Star Wars: Empires at War
Hmm... The new HoI2 standalone expansion.

[discovery1]

HoI2 : Doomsday. /drools

kind of Interested in Star Wars: Empires at War also.

[Bob the Insane]

STALKER...

Oblivion

Gothic 3

Call of Cthulhu

Whatever comes out next for Battlefield 2...

[Reverend Joe]

2006 - What are you looking forward to?

Good question... death?

[Fragony]

STALKER...

Oblivion

Gothic 3

Call of Cthulhu

Whatever comes out next for Battlefield 2...

Now there is a wishlist, I agree on all of them.

[Sjakihata]

Gothic 3

Call of Cthulhu

Good choices - do you have a link for any of them?

ho ho ho

[Androo]

Great thread!

Games from 1c:

WWII:RTS !!!!!!!!
http://www.wargamer.com/articles/ww2rts_interview/

PT Boats: Knights of the Sea

XIIIth Century: Death or Glory

Sniper

For all the above:int.games.1c.ru/?type=inwork (see under "Projects")

Napoleonic Total War II mod for RTW

Blue Lotus mod for RTW

Star Wars: Empire At War (?)This one I am wondering about. The scale issues (e.g. for the sake of gameplay some units may be much larger or smaller than they really should be) could be a problem for me.

Over Flanders Fields mod for Combat Flight Simulator 3 (Available in a week(!), but I probably won't get to it until next year.)http://off.oldbrowndog.net/

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos

Paraworld(?)

Galactic Civilizations II: The Dread Lords

It should be a great year, even if some of those are pushed back.

edit: Attempt to compensate for pre-Xmas temporary(?) insanity.

[Kanamori]

Assuming it even makes it out in 2006, the big one for me is the new Battle of Britain flightsim from Oleg Maddox, the guy who created the Il2 series of flight sims.

I really miss those old dogfight sims.

Ever since Rome, I've gotten sick of RTS.
I'll stick to kung fu chess when I want crazy RTS games.

[Zalmoxis]

Okami.

[Steppe Merc]

Oblivion!!!

Oh, and hopefully a KOTOR expansion.

[Microwavegerbil]

Somewhat surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet...Dunegons and Dragons Online anyone? It looks like it will definitely eliminate any farming, though it unfortunately remains to be seen if a MMORPG can last without requiring tedious work (without the farming the game would just be over quickly).

[The Marcher Lord]

My list at the moment:

Civilisations Rise and Fall - mercifully rescued by Midway for a 2006 release after their developers went under. More fun with the ancients!

Commandos Strike Force Very tactical WWII squad FPS/RPG mix which is more like Hidden and Dangerous mixed with a bit of COD, but a lot more intelligent than COD!

Company of Heroes - Looks to be the next generation for WWII RTS graphically, but no idea what the gameplay will be like yet.

WWII RTS - If it ever comes out. Likely to be the most historically accurate WWII tank battle RTS of 2006

Battlestations Midway - WWII RTS set in the Pacific theatre. I would get it just for the naval battles which look superb close up.

[David]

Well most of what was said, but also:

Hammer and Sickle, S2 was great, so i expect a lot of H&S.

HOMM V, screens look awesome

[Ab Urbe Condita]

They're overwhelmingly Nintendo games:

-Metroid Prime: Hunters
-The first new 2d Mario platformer in over a decade
-If the rumors prove true, Zelda DS

Oh, and then there's Twilight Princess, and hopefully, Metroid Prime 3. I'll have to wait until E3 to see if that comes out in 06 or 07 though.

On the PC front, I'm looking forward to Quake Wars, Warhammer and Huxley.

[Samurai Waki]

This year is going to be full of buying games...and lots of wasted hours playing them.

1. HoI: Doomsday
2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R
3.Oblivion
4. Neverwinter Nights 2
5. Roma Victor
6. Combat Mission: Campaigns
7. Unreal 3
8. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
9.Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
10. Company of Heroes

2006 Hopefuls:
1. Spore
2. Operation Flashpoint 2 (actually the biggest reason why I want OFP2 is to wait for the Finnish Mod which will cover the Winter War.)

[Husar]

Hmm...

- patches and upgrades for Strike Fighter: Project 1 and Mount & Blade

- Armed Assault

- Age of Pirates

- Windows Vista(yes, I am really looking forward to it)

- Hammer & Sickle

- Act of War: High Treason

- maybe Gothic 3

- maybe War on Terror

and I´m curious what other good games may come out, though I´m not very optimistic, the trend towards arcade is too big IMO.

And it´s about time for a new TW game to be announced I think.

[Lanemerkel1]

Stargate: SG-1 The Alliance





Easily.

[Reenk Roink]

-Neverwinter Nights 2

-The complete Europa Barbarorum

[Kralizec]

MTW2

Also looking forward to The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

And I'll have to reach deep into my pockets for PC upgrades if I'm to play either of them

[Kraxis]

MTW2

One word: YUP!

[Martok]

Yes, I must now add Medieval 2 to my list as well! I am more cautious with my optimism this time around, however. I will *not* make the mistake with this game that I did when Rome came out, which was me and my roommates charging into the local game store to buy a copy on the day of its release.

If CA can rectify the problems they had with Rome (particularly the AI, diplomacy, faction balance, and all the major bugs), though, I think it's safe to say I will be spending an inordinate amount of time fighting across Europe and the Middle East this Thanksgiving.

[Divine Wind]

Stargate: SG-1 The Alliance





Easily.

Core blimey!

Just checked the screenshots section and it looks mightly impressive! Have a gander for yourselves

http://www.stargate-thealliance.com/...=1366&id=10921